2018 Australia $100 1-oz Gold Wedge Tailed Eagle High Relief NGC PF69UC - Mercanti Signed Label

2018 One-Year-Only Gold Wedge-Tailed Eagle High Relief Proof

When the first Australian Wedge-Tailed Eagle coins were released, history was made. Never before had a former U.S. Chief Engraver partnered with a world mint to create a brand-new legal-tender coin. And it wasn't just any former U.S. Chief Engraver, but the legendary John Mercanti, designer of the famous American Eagle Silver Dollar reverse.

2018 marked both the fifth anniversary of this ground-breaking series, as well as the release of the third Mercanti-designed Wedge-Tailed Eagle reverse! Unlike previous Wedge-Tailed Eagles, the fifth anniversary 2018 design was a one-year-only issue, featuring a full family of Australia's largest bird of prey.

Struck in one ounce of 99.99% pure gold, this beautiful high-relief proof comes graded by the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) as being in near-perfect Proof-69 Ultra Cameo (PF69UC) condition, a distinction that means your almost-flawless coin will showcase an impressive full strike and indistinguishable imperfections – well above and beyond the quality of the vast majority of coins in the series! In addition, your Gold Wedge-Tailed Eagle Proof will be sonically sealed in an acrylic holder, giving you the best in protection while granting clear sightlines into every beautiful detail. Inside that holder, you'll find another incredible feature – a label hand-signed by none other than the designer himself, John Mercanti!

This coin has it all! Not only is this 2018 Australia Wedge-Tailed Eagle One-Ounce Gold High Relief Proof struck in 99.99% pure gold, it's graded by NGC as being in nearly flawless Proof-69 Ultra Cameo condition and sealed with a label signed by the coin's designer, John Mercanti! Click one to your cart today!

• THREE EAGLES, ONE MAGNIFICENT DESIGN! – For this 2018 creation, John Mercanti went back into his archive of unused designs originally submitted to the U.S. Mint. Featuring a baby eaglet being watched carefully by its mother, the father of the family is shown swooping in, ready to come home to the nest. It's the eagle family design that Mercanti has been waiting to create for years, finally realized in this stunning proof!

• BRILLANT CRAFTSMANSHIP IN PHENOMENAL HIGH RELIEF! – Each coin begins as a hand-selected one-ounce planchet of 99.99% pure gold. Then, the artisans at the Perth Mint strike each coin multiple times with polished, curved dies. The result is a high relief proof with sharp, frosted details that tower over a deep, concave field gleaming with a mirror-like surface.

• AUSTRALIAN LEGAL TENDER – Each 2018 One-Ounce Gold Wedge-Tailed Eagle High Relief Proof is 100 dollars Australian legal tender. All the details are engraved on the obverse along with Ian Rank-Broadley's profile of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The coin's gold content, the year 2018 and the signature "P" mintmark join the wedge-tailed eagle family on the reverse.

• GRADED IN NEAR-PERFECT CONDITION – Your coin has been graded by the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) as being in near-perfect Proof-69 Ultra Cameo (PF69UC) condition.

• SIGNED BY A LEGEND IN THE COIN WORLD – In addition, your Gold Wedge-Tailed Eagle Proof will be sonically sealed in an acrylic holder and encapsulated with a label personally signed by John Mercanti.

• A LIMITED MINTAGE EVENT – The Perth Mint has set the mintage of these Wedge-Tailed Eagle High Relief Proofs at exactly 500!

That's right - there are only 500 of these proofs for Wedge-Tailed Eagle collectors around the world! And, unless you live in Australia, your ONLY source for this gorgeous gold coin is govmint.com. The entire Wedge-Tailed Eagle series has been a global hit since 2014. Don't wait another moment – add this 2018 One-Ounce Gold Wedge-Tailed Eagle High Relief Proof to your collection today before and what's left of this installment soars out of our vaults!